Opinion of Mr Advocate-General Roemer 24 November 1959

1 Translated from the German.

2 BGBI, I, p. 844

3 22/54, 14/55 and 2/57.

4 Meeting of the Council of Ministers of 6 March 1953.

5 Meeting of the Council of Ministers of 27 and 28 July 1954.

6 See Articles 57 and 70 of the ECSC Treaty.

7 Recueil Vol. IV, p. 241.

8 Journal Officiel, p. 431.

9 Recueil. Vol. II. p. 305.

10 Waline. Droit administratif 7th edition, pp. 446 and 467.

11 See also: v. Rosen v. Hoewel, Kommentar zum Verwaltungsvollstreckungsgesetz. 1953. Note II. under paragraph 2.

12 Recueil, Vol. V, p. 114; see also judgments in Cases 2/56 (Recueil, Vol. III, p. 37) and 9/56 (Recueil, Vol. IV, p. 29).

13 See Article 1 of Decision No. 14/55.

14 Statement of Defence, Schedule 12 (a), p. 13.

15 Statement of Defence, Schedule 12 (a), p. 5.

16 Forsthoff, Lehrbuch des Verwaltungsrechts, 7th ed., p. 193 el seq.

17 Stellinga, Grondtrekken van het Nederlands Administratiefrecht. p. 210; Kranenburg, Beel, Donner el al.. Nederlands Bestuursrecht, 1953, 1. p. 249.

18 Stellinga, loc cit., p. 205; Van der Pot, Nederlands Bestuursrechl, p. 206.

19 Vegting, Administratiefrecht, p. 251, 258; Kranenburg elal., loc. cit., p. 234.

20 Prof. A. M. Donner, p. 18.

21 See Frédériq, Traité de droit commercial belge, 1946, 1, p. 299.

22 § 383, Note 21.

23 § 383, Note 15.

24 § 396, Note 12.

25 § 392, Note 2, 6.

26 p. 297.

27 p. 300.

28 Soergel, Kommentar sum BGB, § 164, Note 2.

29 Loc. cit., p. 301 (Gand. 28-11-24, Pas 1925, 11. 44).

30 Soergel, loc. cit., 164, Note 4.

31 RGR — Kommentar zum HGB, § 383, Note 15.

32 Soergel, loc. cit., § 167, Note 4 (RGLZ 28, 1065).

33 § 164, Note 4.

34 § Note 3.

35 § 670 BGB; § 396 HGB; Frédériq, loc. cit., I, p. 320.

36 RGR — Kommentar, § 670 BGB.

37 RGR — Kommentar, § 670 BGB Note 5.

38 Frédériq, loc cit., 1, p. 321.

39 See RGR — Kommentar zum BGB, § 812 Nole 4, c.

40 Waline, Droit administratif, p. 561 el sea.: Conseil d'État. 1-7-1904, Recueil. p. 536. 18-6-1937, Recueil. p. 608.

41 See Donner, loc. cit., p. 6, 21. 22; Kranenburg etal., loc. cit., p. 231; Van der Wel, Administratiefrechtlijke Nulliteiten, p. 105, 158.

42 See Donner, loc. cit., p. 10-11, 22; Kranenburg et al., loc. cit., p. 227.

43 See Donner, loc. cit., p. 17.

44 BVerwG. DOeV 58, 178; DOeV 57, 912; similarly OVG Berlin, DVBI. 57, 503.

45 BVerwG, DOeV 57, 912.

46 Similarly OVG, Berlin, DVBI. 57, 503.

47 GBVerwG, DOeV, 57, 911.

48 BVerwG, DOeV 58, 178.

49 BVerwG, DOeV 57, 911.

50 Nebinger, Verwaltungsrecht, p. 219; Jellinek, Lehrbuch des Verwaltungsrechts, p. 287; Haueisen, DVBI. 57, 503.